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This is a list of all the boats in our system, ordered by the last time they were updated. You can use the filters below to sort the boats to only what you want. You must log in in order to add a new boat or edit existing ones.

Powered by a 12 cylinder Allison aircraft engine from WWII. The boat was lazy at the start, probably due to the high gears necessary because of the Allisons limited rpm ability, but did start to truck about half track. It had a very large custom Casale V-drive. It was allways a player, but not a dominator in blown gas hydro. The stringers are 10 inches tall. Wes Rose' V12s made 3200 hp and turned 4700 rpm.

The Rain-X Record Challenger was a 25-foot jet hydroplane built by Craig Arfons. Arfons was trying to break the world water speed record of 317.6 MPH set by Ken Warby in 1978. The craft was traveling about 370 MPH on July 9, 1989 on Lake Jackson in Sebring, Florida, and Arfons let the afterburner run a few seconds longer than he initially had planned. By the time he shut down the afterburner and released the chute, it was too late. The craft lifted off the lake surface and the boat started to tumble out of control, disintegrating as it impacted.

The Scooty-Puff Sr. was a Starfire hull, outfitted with a capsule. It made use of a 4-part hydraulic cav plate system that is unique to this boat and Dave Vilwock's SS400. It also made use of an offset external rudder.

It was destroyed during a race at Black Lake in Washington on July 9, 2011, claiming the life of it's driver and builder Ryan Butler.

1960 Hallett Hydro drag boat. 1 of a kind Hallett built in 1960 by the Rossi brothers out of Bakersfield Ca. area, and driven by Larry Schwabenland. This boat is 95% original. 1959 corvette blocks, Delta welded stroker cranks, Dons boxed rods, hall craft vee drives Italian made cary props even the seat and upholstery are all original! blocks are .060 over, cranks are 3.5 stroke making 340 cu. Hilborn injection, 4-71 blowers, Don Zig mags, Restoration started in 1989 than she was forgotten about in 1991. completed in 2011.

SHOCKWAVE was run as a dragboat and held the BGF record with a blown Keith Black 392. It ran as a KRR with a blown SBC on propane. It later ran a F E Ford as a super stock. It then ran a 426 Chrysler as a super stock. After Dale Landsbery restored it he installed a big big block Chev.

This was the very first Pickled Scoop Flat hull built by Ron Ehde and Irv Brendel. It had no center pod and outboard steering. They crashed the untested boat running Blown Fuel Flat at Oakland Marine Stadium. The driver Kenny was put into a coma and died years later.